NSF CERTIFICATION UK LIMITED
Company number 03406372 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
NSF Certification UK Limited presents a mixed risk profile: the company is profitable, equity-strong, and well-supported within the international NSF group structure, but its standalone financials reveal a near-zero cash position that creates dependency on group treasury facilities. The improving profit margin and growing net assets are encouraging, while the declining revenue and acknowledged talent retention challenges require monitoring. For institutional investors, the key risk lies not in solvency but in understanding the terms and stability of group financial support arrangements that underpin day-to-day liquidity.
Shareholders' funds
£3,427,913
Balance sheet as at 2024-12-31
What it does
The company's principal business comprises the
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1997-07-21
- Employees
- 61 (2024 accounts · was 59 in 2023)
- Registered office
- Hanborough Business Park, Long Hanborough, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX29 8SJ
- Postcode
- OX29 8SJ
- Capital
- 100,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2024-12-31
- Next due by
- 2026-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-07-21
- Next due by
- 2027-08-04
Nature of business (SIC)
- 96090 Other service activities not elsewhere classified
Officers 4 current · 31 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by NSF SAFETY AND QUALITY UK LIMITED — since 2016-06-30
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z579602X (Tier 1), registered since 2001.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| NSF-CMI CERTIFICATION LTD | 2013-01-02 |
| CHECKMATE INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATION LIMITED | 2008-05-14 |
| UK FOOD QUALITY CERTIFICATION LIMITED | 2000-10-11 |
| OVAL (1218) LIMITED | 1997-08-29 |
Previous registered addresses 4
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| HILL HOUSE 1 LITTLE NEW STREET, LONDON, EC4A 3TR, UNITED KINGDOM | 2012-03-20 |
| 4TH FLOOR 35 NEW BRIDGE STREET, LONDON, EC4V 6BW | 2009-11-24 |
| 7 PILGRIM STREET, LONDON, EC4V 6DR | 2004-08-12 |
| 30 QUEEN CHARLOTTE STREET, BRISTOL, BS99 7QQ | 1998-02-23 |
Among its peers
Top 1%
by shareholders' funds, of 689 similar companies in OX
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (61 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1997.
No.2 of the largest other service activities not elsewhere classified companies in Oxford →
Competitors Oxford
This company ranks 2 among other service activities not elsewhere classified in Oxford.
The class of 1997
39%
of the 1,227 companies in this sector incorporated in 1997 are still active today; 59% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 2 titles
- Freehold
- 2
- Most recent registration
- 2023-01-04
- Where
- Oxfordshire (2)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ON377842 | Oxfordshire | Freehold | 2023-01-04 | — |
| ON125365 | Oxfordshire | Freehold | 2005-01-18 | — |
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